What to do in Rome? (1214 hits)
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Submitted by Indoninja (View user info) at 2009-06-09 10:12:21 EDT
So the old lady and I are planning a trip to Rome.
It has been a while since I traveled somewhere new. I am excited, and for some reason a little nervous. In May 07 we went to Puerto Vallarta, and after trips to Tijuina in college that was like a trip to the mall. And compared to living in Southeast Asia and Egypt there isn't any real danger factor. It is a little strange, maybe I am becoming a crotchety old man who fears change.
Anyway I wanted to pick the brains of Uber.
Planning on checking out all the standard BS, but what out of the way places can anyone recommend?
Any travel tips?
Will seeing the new Dan Brown movie clue me in on any secret passages in the Vatican?
What are the best mix-ins for gelato?
Does Pizza hut have the same specialty pizza's there?
Are people who drive scooters in Rome gay like in when people do in America, or are they all gay?
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Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2009-06-14 20:45:45 EDT (#)
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Check out Florence, and you HAVE to go to Pompeii.
Also, I would highly recommend hitting up da pope in the Vatican.
Submitted by pandora (user info) at 2009-06-13 15:47:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:36:00 EDT (#)
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Rome is not some isolated tribe in Africa where they can't even comprehend the english language.
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I've never been to Italy, but I know a group of musicians who live there, and they all speak/write in fluent English. (They live in La Spezia, which is on the coast near the border of France.) From what I understand, most people there learn English in school. These guys are young though (20's), so that might be a recent development.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2009-06-10 03:13:38 EDT (#)
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Rome is awesome.
a) Florence is only 2 hours or so by train
b) There's this piazza in town that is a fruit stand by day and a rave by night. It's amazing.
c) All the touristy things are awesome.
d) If you have the cash, the Hotel Savoy has the best bed I have ever slept in. Ever. It is amazing.
Submitted by moopy4u (user info) at 2009-06-09 22:24:34 EDT (#)
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Gelato is FTW.
Passionfruit + Mango gelato = Fuckin' primo.
Also, Pizza - Camembert cheese, chicken, avacado, cranberry base sauce & green capcicum.
Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2009-06-09 16:56:12 EDT (#)
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Have a fancy time. Take (and post) pictures!! :)
Submitted by RoadSong (user info) at 2009-06-09 16:03:37 EDT (#)
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"Will seeing the new Dan Brown movie clue me in on any secret passages in the Vatican?"
Yes.
Please come back with lots of photos.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2009-06-09 14:17:39 EDT (#)
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Eat a roman.
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2009-06-09 14:09:09 EDT (#)
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There are several Dunkin Donuts there (one at the big train station, one near the Spanish Steps), and they positively SUCK.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 14:07:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:56:36 EDT (#)
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all the pizzas ive had here have been made by italians, well italian resaurants run by Italians.
Oh apart from Dominos, but arent they an american company?
I have never eaten at Pizza Hut, i simply refuse.
So I dunno what English Pizzas are, I guess we have the dodgy turkish/greek late night food take out places that do pizzas but truthfully who can taste anything after a five pints of cider.
sorry for butting in
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it wasn't from dominoes but it had the standard very bready thick crust. it wasn't bad, it just wasn't like pizza i'm used to from non dominoes places.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-06-09 14:06:38 EDT (#)
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I was wondering if I would get busted on that age-thing...
You'll notice that the age faux pas didn't matter to forensic. She loves her Shlongy...and with good reason.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 14:05:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:51:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:42:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:39:36 EDT (#)
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Rome is lovely.. I struggled with the food because I was a vegetarian at the time but what I had was delicious - including the pizza. Although I wouldn't recommend the porcini mushroom ones (which they have loads of) as they are slimy and disgusting.
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Everyone who had the pizza there that I know has said it is garbage.
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yeah but have you had english pizza?
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What's your problem with English pizza? :-)
Can't be that diff than Irish pizza, everyone loves a supermacs slice with ham, corn nibblets, and canned pineapple.
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corn nibblets? now i will totally admit that hawaiian is a fairly tasty bastardized pizza. but fucking corn nibblets? so if it doesn't go in the whiskey it's destined for pizza?
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:56:36 EDT (#)
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all the pizzas ive had here have been made by italians, well italian resaurants run by Italians.
Oh apart from Dominos, but arent they an american company?
I have never eaten at Pizza Hut, i simply refuse.
So I dunno what English Pizzas are, I guess we have the dodgy turkish/greek late night food take out places that do pizzas but truthfully who can taste anything after a five pints of cider.
sorry for butting in
Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:51:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:49:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:42:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:39:36 EDT (#)
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Rome is lovely.. I struggled with the food because I was a vegetarian at the time but what I had was delicious - including the pizza. Although I wouldn't recommend the porcini mushroom ones (which they have loads of) as they are slimy and disgusting.
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Everyone who had the pizza there that I know has said it is garbage.
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yeah but have you had english pizza?
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What's your problem with English pizza? :-)
Can't be that diff than Irish pizza, everyone loves a supermacs slice with ham, corn nibblets, and canned pineapple.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:33:31 EDT (#)
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hmmmm
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:33:00 EDT (#)
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*trumpet trumpet*
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:28:26 EDT (#)
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I bet.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:27:48 EDT (#)
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you should see my elephant impression
;)
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:26:23 EDT (#)
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I'm not the one who makes monkey faces in public bathrooms.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:25:09 EDT (#)
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pervert!! i knew it!
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:22:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:22:10 CDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 17:04:19 BST (#)
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Caul, I want a picture of you on the Vespa if you end up getting one. I bet your ass will look cute on it.
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what?
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:22:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 17:04:19 BST (#)
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Caul, I want a picture of you on the Vespa if you end up getting one. I bet your ass will look cute on it.
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:11:18 EDT (#)
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maybe i like tundra...
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 13:06:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:44:57 EDT (#)
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i should've said regular reststops. in places like nebraska they can be 150+ miles apart because there aren't any people around. i got the impression from a) maps, b) canadians that a lot of canada is wilderness and so there might be obscene amounts of space between large cities.
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the two major cities are 2 hours apart, with a bunch of medium cities in between. of course, if you go up north in places where i come from, where there is fuck all to see except trees, well yeah, the drives are long and boring but you wouldn't go there anyway.
canada isn't like the US. we don't have people in every direction. you have to imagine canada as a marker line above the US border, in which 90% of our population is massed. the rest is tundra.
Submitted by cheerios (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:55:27 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:53:07 EDT (#)
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i sleep in my car on road trips in order to save money. hasn't failed me yet.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:48:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:37:54 EDT (#)
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do your highways have rest stops? do you know if they are regularly patrolled by police and if they kick you out for sleeping in them or if they just let you be cause it's a rest stop?
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Inion, are you planning on moving to canada to be homeless?
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:46:17 EDT (#)
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Are you getting off the cruise in Napoli (Naples)? If so, I have a restaurant for you.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:45:18 EDT (#)
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Just keep your wife away from Caligula and do your best not to be crucified.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:44:57 EDT (#)
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i should've said regular reststops. in places like nebraska they can be 150+ miles apart because there aren't any people around. i got the impression from a) maps, b) canadians that a lot of canada is wilderness and so there might be obscene amounts of space between large cities.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:42:51 EDT (#)
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do your highways have rest stops? do you know if they are regularly patrolled by police and if they kick you out for sleeping in them or if they just let you be cause it's a rest stop? """
that's a weird question. sure we have highway rest stops. and this is not america, police doesn't do shit here.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:40:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:20:25 EDT (#)
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Never had any interest in Rome, for some reason...It looks like it smells...like Greece.
We will be heading to Scotland next year as part of my year-long birthday celebration.
Shlongy is turning the big 3-0.
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find some rich guy that needs a maid and that will hire me there. i cook and clean and will do childcare. i also don't mind cleaning up animal shit up to and including horses (but not cows ever).
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:37:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:01:07 EDT (#)
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well, basically, most people go to qc city or mtl or both. mtl is great for nightlife, shopping and strippers. but qc city is more 'french' and more european loooking, but much smaller and further up norther. it's a pretty city. depends what you like.
overall, we pretty much looks like america, except some buildings, the language and a tinge of europe you can get for less distance and less $$$.
other than that, it's canada....so don't expect to be shocked and awed.
and did you know that as of may 2009, we need a passport to cross the US-Can land border now? that's retarded. the terrorists have won
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nature, interesting museums (or at least ones with lots of dead animals and bones), pretty places to take pictures which can include buildings. also i thought it was june but i have a passport anyway. i brought when i crossed at niagara cuz i wanted them to stamp it but they didn't :(
i'm not big into nightlife as it's been evolving into shit. i like drinking, but not in clubs and stuff when you can't even hear yourself think. i'm also not a big shopper and generally only travel with food, toll, gas and entry fees to certain places.
do your highways have rest stops? do you know if they are regularly patrolled by police and if they kick you out for sleeping in them or if they just let you be cause it's a rest stop?
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:37:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:20:25 EDT (#)
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Never had any interest in Rome, for some reason...It looks like it smells...like Greece.
We will be heading to Scotland next year as part of my year-long birthday celebration.
Shlongy is turning the big 3-0.
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That is sad Schlongy in his senility ios confusing 30 with 50.
I remember when my dad took my grandfather to Ireland for golfing/boozing to celebrate his 85th.
/oddly enough we are taking a cruise before rome that puts in greece for a day.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:35:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:42:32 EDT (#)
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Everyone who had the pizza there that I know has said it is garbage.
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well if your reference is pizza hut, i can understand.
cheese filled crust = instant cardiac arrest.
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Pizza hut is my least favorite delivery pizza chain, which doesn't even count as real pizza.
If it were a better class of pizza stuffing their crust I could get behind it.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:27:34 EDT (#)
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Jelus of below
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:20:25 EDT (#)
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Never had any interest in Rome, for some reason...It looks like it smells...like Greece.
We will be heading to Scotland next year as part of my year-long birthday celebration.
Shlongy is turning the big 3-0.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:04:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:42:32 EDT (#)
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Everyone who had the pizza there that I know has said it is garbage.
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well if your reference is pizza hut, i can understand.
cheese filled crust = instant cardiac arrest.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:04:19 EDT (#)
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Caul, I want a picture of you on the Vespa if you end up getting one. I bet your ass will look cute on it.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 12:01:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:47:47 EDT (#)
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SO I'M ASKING YOU CUZ I WANT YOUR OPINION NOT GOOGLE'S. :)
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well, basically, most people go to qc city or mtl or both. mtl is great for nightlife, shopping and strippers. but qc city is more 'french' and more european loooking, but much smaller and further up norther. it's a pretty city. depends what you like.
overall, we pretty much looks like america, except some buildings, the language and a tinge of europe you can get for less distance and less $$$.
other than that, it's canada....so don't expect to be shocked and awed.
and did you know that as of may 2009, we need a passport to cross the US-Can land border now? that's retarded. the terrorists have won :(
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:52:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:49:31 EDT (#)
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yeah but have you had english pizza?
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No, but unless they put mushy peas on it (which is possible) then they beat indonesia. The favorite there was tuna fish, corn and thousand island dressing...savages.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:51:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:44:47 EDT (#)
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Chez Dagobert!
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ew, where do u get that? that's like two blocks from my place.
it's the kinda place where you don't even know if girls are bleeding yet, like 15-18 years old.
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Google, followed your advice ;)
One can pretend to know anything with google!
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haha, alcoholica is playing there. i saw them before by accident.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:49:43 EDT (#)
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now fuck off, i must go home and buy a chocolate chimp
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:49:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:42:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:39:36 EDT (#)
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Rome is lovely.. I struggled with the food because I was a vegetarian at the time but what I had was delicious - including the pizza. Although I wouldn't recommend the porcini mushroom ones (which they have loads of) as they are slimy and disgusting.
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Everyone who had the pizza there that I know has said it is garbage.
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yeah but have you had english pizza?
Submitted by HellRazer (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:49:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:26:36 EDT (#)
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What to do in Rome?
What the Romans do.
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I would just like to note that I was first with that horrible, horrible joke by almost an hour. Get your own writers Bob.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:49:13 EDT (#)
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Chez Dagobert!
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ew, where do u get that? that's like two blocks from my place.
it's the kinda place where you don't even know if girls are bleeding yet, like 15-18 years old.
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Google, followed your advice ;)
One can pretend to know anything with google!
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:47:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:43:13 EDT (#)
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inion - google.com :-D
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i ask the natives cuz they suck less than tourist websites. like i tried to find pretty places in maine to go paint/photo. all their stupid literature was focused on how great the shopping and dining was with some maps of where parks were.
SO I'M ASKING YOU CUZ I WANT YOUR OPINION NOT GOOGLE'S. :)
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:47:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:44:47 EDT (#)
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Chez Dagobert!
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ew, where do u get that? that's like two blocks from my place.
it's the kinda place where you don't even know if girls are bleeding yet, like 15-18 years old.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:44:47 EDT (#)
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Chez Dagobert!
over and out
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:43:13 EDT (#)
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inion - google.com :-D
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:42:39 EDT (#)
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bye all
suck my cock
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:42:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:39:36 EDT (#)
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Rome is lovely.. I struggled with the food because I was a vegetarian at the time but what I had was delicious - including the pizza. Although I wouldn't recommend the porcini mushroom ones (which they have loads of) as they are slimy and disgusting.
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Everyone who had the pizza there that I know has said it is garbage.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:42:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:34:43 EDT (#)
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twilight is the best comedy movie of all time. i won't allow you to berrate it.
and it's important to break a review line by line for the slow people who don't understand the simpliest things in life.
btw, you say i "harp" about my frenchness. you once said i get all mad when someone says i'm ugly. oh noes! :~( usually when we wrongly percieve a person as full of themselves it's because we put them on a pedestal ourselves. look, i won't show you my penis. :-/
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I'd like to think that I understand the simplest things in life. Toasters ovens are awesome.
I hate when you do that thing with the remembering reviews from way back. It's unfair advantage. It's like friends filling you in on stuff you did when you were drunk. You don't want to hear it.
Harpy.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:41:17 EDT (#)
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what is there to visit in quebec? besides strip clubs (that's not snark, it's just the only consistent thing people talk about when they mention montreal/quebec).
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:39:36 EDT (#)
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Rome is lovely.. I struggled with the food because I was a vegetarian at the time but what I had was delicious - including the pizza. Although I wouldn't recommend the porcini mushroom ones (which they have loads of) as they are slimy and disgusting.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:34:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:09:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-06-09 16:08:14 BST (#)
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coloseum?
colosseum?
i have entirely forgotten how to spell that word. wtf.
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retard
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oh absolutely. the spelling of a single word (one which an individual would reasonably be expected to even use, what, a few dozen times in their life?) is completely indicative of mental retardation. much more so than crudley rendered drawings of leprechauns and elephant dogs and sharing images of oneself having a bowel movement.
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Come on Scourge, jealousy is a terrible thing.
I shit on you.
Ask yourself this question, who is crazier, the person who draws an ELPHDOG or the person who remembers the ELPH DOG without hesitation and quotes it on a website where a horse headed female manages to post frequently.
Hmmmmmmmmmm
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LOL
and i second the no postcard for inion motion.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:34:43 EDT (#)
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twilight is the best comedy movie of all time. i won't allow you to berrate it.
and it's important to break a review line by line for the slow people who don't understand the simpliest things in life.
btw, you say i "harp" about my frenchness. you once said i get all mad when someone says i'm ugly. oh noes! :~( usually when we wrongly percieve a person as full of themselves it's because we put them on a pedestal ourselves. look, i won't show you my penis. :-/
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:32:15 EDT (#)
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The Pantheon
Dinner at the Spanish Steps
Trevi Fountain late at night after dinner in Piazza Navona
St. Peter's Basilica/Sistene Chapel
Colliseum and panini sandwiches from the street vendor
The Forum and the awesome museum next to it
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:31:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 16:29:50 BST (#)
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well i know it's a pound from england so it's probably about a euro. but i will def remind you if i remember.
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great work, poirot.
TWAT!
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:30:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:25:14 EDT (#)
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DO NOT GET INION A POSTCRAD
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twat.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:29:50 EDT (#)
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well i know it's a pound from england so it's probably about a euro. but i will def remind you if i remember.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:26:41 EDT (#)
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Eurgh, When some one breaks down a review line by line, pretty much makes them no better than a 14 year old in some lame forum about 'Twilight'.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:26:36 EDT (#)
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What to do in Rome?
What the Romans do.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:26:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:24:17 EDT (#)
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so this doesn't get lost in the slap fight, PLEASE CAN I HAVE A POSTCARD :D
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I am going in October so I will need to be reminded before then.
And I have no idea what postage is like from Italy so I will probably mail it when I am home.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:25:25 EDT (#)
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OR POSTCARD
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:25:14 EDT (#)
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DO NOT GET INION A POSTCRAD
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:24:17 EDT (#)
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so this doesn't get lost in the slap fight, PLEASE CAN I HAVE A POSTCARD :D
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:21:49 EDT (#)
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post some pictures upon your return.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:20:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:12:54 EDT (#)
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I'm so sorry, you harp on about your frenchness so much. """
um no. you would find that it's mostly others who bring it up, mainly as a bad insult.
You're canadian - good for you, poutin is gross."""
i don't eat poutinE and based on your camwhore, i don't knwo which is more gross.
And please stop acting like you're above stereotypes - you're as guilty of them as any of us. You smell. """
i don't mind stereotypes. but french stereotypes on a (french) canadian make no sense. if anything i'm only doing you a favor cuz it's so embarassing to watch you think it's funny, when it's just awfully bad. it's as if i made british jokes about americans...i would just look like a dumbass. if you don't know what you're talking about, best better stfu.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:20:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-06-09 16:08:14 BST (#)
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coloseum?
colosseum?
i have entirely forgotten how to spell that word. wtf.
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retard
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oh absolutely. the spelling of a single word (one which an individual would reasonably be expected to even use, what, a few dozen times in their life?) is completely indicative of mental retardation. much more so than crudley rendered drawings of leprechauns and elephant dogs and sharing images of oneself having a bowel movement.
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Come on Scourge, jealousy is a terrible thing.
I shit on you.
Ask yourself this question, who is crazier, the person who draws an ELPHDOG or the person who remembers the ELPH DOG without hesitation and quotes it on a website where a horse headed female manages to post frequently.
Hmmmmmmmmmm
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:20:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:56:30 EDT (#)
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If you see some hunky Italian man eyeballing your wife, just put all your fingers and thumb together and gesture in the air. You've see the gesture in the movies I'm sure. They actually do it over there. I think it means, 'not in this lifetime you don't' or something like that.
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I thought they were all skinny with white leather shows, pirate shirts and "clever" scarfs. At least the ones I met in Egypt were.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:19:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:06:44 EDT (#)
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you should definitely fight chuck norris in the coliseum.
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I am white and hairy, I think I would have to get my ass kicked by bruce lee...
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:16:22 EDT (#)
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ps, i am going to beat you mercilessly for your insolence.
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-06-09 16:08:14 BST (#)
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coloseum?
colosseum?
i have entirely forgotten how to spell that word. wtf.
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retard
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oh absolutely. the spelling of a single word (one which an individual would reasonably be expected to even use, what, a few dozen times in their life?) is completely indicative of mental retardation. much more so than crudley rendered drawings of leprechauns and elephant dogs and sharing images of oneself having a bowel movement.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:12:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:57:28 EDT (#)
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And I'm being called arrogant by a frog?
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language and nationality are two different things.
i'm canadian, you retard.
and the french are percieved as arrogant mostly by people like you, who run their loud fat mouth in english like rude pricks who probably talk with their mouths full as well.
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I'm so sorry, you harp on about your frenchness so much. You're canadian - good for you, poutin is gross. And please stop acting like you're above stereotypes - you're as guilty of them as any of us.
You smell.
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-06-09 16:08:14 BST (#)
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coloseum?
colosseum?
i have entirely forgotten how to spell that word. wtf.
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retard
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Must admit with regards to Europe I have found the complete opposite. They tend to hate using English, really really hate people assuming everyone speaks it and not making an effort. Addmitedly I am only speaking for Greece, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, North Wales.....
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You forgot Croatia, and most of eastern europe.
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but but i havent been to Croatia
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:08:14 EDT (#)
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coloseum?
colosseum?
i have entirely forgotten how to spell that word. wtf.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:08:09 EDT (#)
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i never know whether or not to butcher a foreign word on purpose or make an effort in pronunciation. like i'm talking just in restaurants and crap. i haven't been able to go to any non-english speaking countries yet. do you sound more like a douche when ordering food as a gringo with a decent pronunciation or with a total butchery of a word you actually know how to pronounce because that's how most americans would say it?
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:06:44 EDT (#)
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you should definitely fight chuck norris in the coliseum.
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Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:57:28 EDT (#)
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And I'm being called arrogant by a frog?
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language and nationality are two different things.
i'm canadian, you retard.
and the french are percieved as arrogant mostly by people like you, who run their loud fat mouth in english like rude pricks who probably talk with their mouths full as well.
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Must admit with regards to Europe I have found the complete opposite. They tend to hate using English, really really hate people assuming everyone speaks it and not making an effort. Addmitedly I am only speaking for Greece, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, North Wales.....
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You forgot Croatia, and most of eastern europe.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-06-09 11:02:18 EDT (#)
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Also: Pizza in Italy is pretty much not what you get at Pizza Hut/Pizza Hutte. Skip the pizza.
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:42:11 EDT (#)
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if you don't understand how arrogant and dumb you sound when reading this, i'm afraid i can't help you
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Maybe so.
But, I've travelled through asia and have found that the one common language they tend to use with each other is english. Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, english is what they use as they're common language with each other. And Europe is much the same. Some of the time.
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Must admit with regards to Europe I have found the complete opposite. They tend to hate using English, really really hate people assuming everyone speaks it and not making an effort. Addmitedly I am only speaking for Greece, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, North Wales.....
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:57:28 EDT (#)
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And I'm being called arrogant by a frog?
I have arrived.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:57:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:48:26 EDT (#)
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I suggest losing 10-15 lbs before you go.
Damn near every meal in Rome has 7-10 courses.
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I plan on having about three pounds of gelato a day, so weight gain will be inevitable.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:57:17 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:16:25 EDT (#)
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dont tell anyone you are american and you will be fine, actually just dont speak, thats would be better.
Make an effort to speak the language when you are in shops and all will be fine.
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tell everyone you are a canadian, then be a douche.
or just say mi scuzi a lot. "dove il..." is where is (_). you are now set.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:56:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 09:35:34 CDT (#)
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And the stereotype that indo will punch dirty italians in the face who pinch his wife is real too.
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Eh, they wouldn't do if you were right there. I was standing apart from my hosts just enough that they thought I was alone.
If you see some hunky Italian man eyeballing your wife, just put all your fingers and thumb together and gesture in the air. You've see the gesture in the movies I'm sure. They actually do it over there. I think it means, 'not in this lifetime you don't' or something like that.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:55:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:52:51 EDT (#)
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here, if you make a tiny effort and fail, people will generally very rapidly switch to english to accomodate you. i assume it's the same everywhere.
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I was in Belgium for work and going to the store there was easier than going to bodega's in NYC. Everyone spoke english, but they appreciated that you tried.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:54:59 EDT (#)
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this +2 is in the hopes that i can convince you to get me a post card.
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:42:11 EDT (#)
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if you don't understand how arrogant and dumb you sound when reading this, i'm afraid i can't help you
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Maybe so.
But, I've travelled through asia and have found that the one common language they tend to use with each other is english. Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, english is what they use as they're common language with each other. And Europe is much the same. Some of the time.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:52:51 EDT (#)
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here, if you make a tiny effort and fail, people will generally very rapidly switch to english to accomodate you. i assume it's the same everywhere.
i don't know why i'm telling you this. it's pretty simple really. if you wanna handle yourself well properly in public anywhere, stfu, know your place and put yourself in your host shoes, whether it's a friend inviting you over or in a restaurant abroad.
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:48:26 EDT (#)
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I suggest losing 10-15 lbs before you go.
Damn near every meal in Rome has 7-10 courses.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:46:22 EDT (#)
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i would have thought effort is always preferred over ignorance
Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:43:49 EDT (#)
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Caulaincourt I have a question for you:
What is more offensive from your perspective, Tourists who destroys the french language when they try to speak it or someone who does the interpretive hand movements with English words but apologetically.
I have always been quite shy speaking French, I learned it in Ireland so my accent is horrible, so much so I can literally see my boyfriend's French speaking family cringe when I speak. Its a toss up though, does one try to be accommodating in a situation where English speakers are the minority and risk sounding like a baying sheep or speak English.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:42:11 EDT (#)
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Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:36:00 EDT (#)
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And I like how you think that 'won't' translated into that. Rome is not some isolated tribe in Africa where they can't even comprehend the english language. It's Rome. I actually speak another language as well - but it's not like I'd expect every person to come to my country and expect to speak it. Live in the now.
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if you don't understand how arrogant and dumb you sound when reading this, i'm afraid i can't help you.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:36:13 EDT (#)
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Then again, when i was in America (NYC), people thought I was Australian.
That kinda fucked me off.
Australians are generally cunts.
:(
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:28:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:24:10 EDT (#)
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Don't leave your missus in a bar alone, they're big on the whole 'rape drug in drink' thing. It's very disgusting and very real. Plus if you end up in a hospital - make sure you know italian. Because most of the hospital staff won't speak english and all you'll hear is 'you very sick' ALOT.
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i like how you said won't and not don't. THEY JUST WON'T SPEAK ENGLISH! why should they? arrogant anglotards like you irritate me a lot, as if there is some kind of bizarre law that says the world is required to speak english
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And I like how you think that 'won't' translated into that. Rome is not some isolated tribe in Africa where they can't even comprehend the english language. It's Rome. I actually speak another language as well - but it's not like I'd expect every person to come to my country and expect to speak it. Live in the now.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:35:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:29:48 EDT (#)
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dangerously thin woman
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:*( I am not.
I did no sexy-sexy with any Italian dudes. Incidently, the stereotype that Italian men pinch is real.
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And the stereotype that indo will punch dirty italians in the face who pinch his wife is real too.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:34:58 EDT (#)
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Besides the obvious places you'll of course visit like the Coliseum, Vatican City, etc.:
Temple of Vesta (where they kept the "Vestal Virgins" yeah right). Just up the Way from the Coliseum. One of the statues has it's face removed. There's a story.
Any church you see with the doors open. They are all pretty much worth going into.
Trevi Fountain. Let your wife have her picture taken with a skinny Italian fag while you enjoy some gelato di ananas della fragola (pinapple and strawberry)
If you take the train to Pompeii, be sure to get the 'full tour'. You see a bit of the history of the excavation and of course, the remarkably well-preserved whorehouse.
Riding a scooter doesn't necessarily make you gay. You could be just too old to be allowed to drive a car, or maybe you cannot pass the eye or driving examinations for a driver's license. Perhaps you scoot because you are impoverished and cannot afford a real mode of transport. But if you're not a senior citizen or broke or poor-sighted or weak-skilled and you still ride a scooter, there is only one logical conclusion to reach.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:32:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:31:41 EDT (#)
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I think it has a lot more to do with how you present yourself.
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bingo
Submitted by HellRazer (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:32:49 EDT (#)
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Whatever the Romans are doing.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:31:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:21:56 EDT (#)
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Keeping my mouth shut did nothing to help me in Milan. People kept staring at my blonde hair and pale skin. When they asked where I was from, I said Canada.
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I always asked people to guess.
Some people would then drop it. Which always struck me as odd. If you think guessing a person's nation wrong could be so rude, why are you asking about it to begin with.
Even in Indo and Egypt I can count on one hand I encountered peopel who had a serious problem with me for being American. I think it has a lot more to do with how you present yourself.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:30:36 EDT (#)
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i am learning spanish for my trip in spain this fall from a CD at work.
so i'm speaking in french, typing in english and listening to spanish lessons.
it's getting confusing.
SENSORY OVERLOAD!
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:29:48 EDT (#)
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dangerously thin woman
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:*( I am not.
I did no sexy-sexy with any Italian dudes. Incidently, the stereotype that Italian men pinch is real.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:28:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:16:25 EDT (#)
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Make an effort to speak the language when you are in shops and all will be fine.
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i always thought it was kinda sad that most tourists from anywhere don't get this and we have to remind them.
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I was in paris recently and even managed to order a cigar, not that I wanted a cigar, it just seemed easier.
So there I was stood under the eiffel tower puffing away on a cigar that I didnt want :(
Next day we went to Versaille and I got food poisoning, leading to me redecorating the disabled toilet with a pebble dash effect.
:S
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:28:20 EDT (#)
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Make an effort to speak the language when you are in shops and all will be fine.
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i always thought it was kinda sad that most tourists from anywhere don't get this and we have to remind them.
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Except when it's Japanese tourists trying to order McDonalds. Then it's just all kinds of funny.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:28:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:24:10 EDT (#)
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Don't leave your missus in a bar alone, they're big on the whole 'rape drug in drink' thing. It's very disgusting and very real. Plus if you end up in a hospital - make sure you know italian. Because most of the hospital staff won't speak english and all you'll hear is 'you very sick' ALOT.
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i like how you said won't and not don't. THEY JUST WON'T SPEAK ENGLISH! why should they? arrogant anglotards like you irritate me a lot, as if there is some kind of bizarre law that says the world is required to speak english.
and your rape thing sounds like some anecdotal crap turned into generalizations.
ugly tourists should stay home.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:25:08 EDT (#)
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plus Vatican City is worth everything to see.
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:21:56 EDT (#)
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Keeping my mouth shut did nothing to help me in Milan. People kept staring at my blonde hair and pale skin. When they asked where I was from, I said Canada.
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no one would've believed that a dangerously thin woman could be from the US anyway.
how many italian dudes you fucked when you were over there?
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:24:10 EDT (#)
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Don't leave your missus in a bar alone, they're big on the whole 'rape drug in drink' thing. It's very disgusting and very real. Plus if you end up in a hospital - make sure you know italian. Because most of the hospital staff won't speak english and all you'll hear is 'you very sick' ALOT.
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:16:25 EDT (#)
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Make an effort to speak the language when you are in shops and all will be fine.
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I always try and learn the basics before I go to a coutnry. Hello, good bye, thanks, the devil is in my pants, etc. But this time I think I am going to get Rosetta stone, or something along those lines so I can speak, or at least underastand a bit more.
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and by "get" I mean burn from my buddy who burned them from a library.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:21:56 EDT (#)
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Keeping my mouth shut did nothing to help me in Milan. People kept staring at my blonde hair and pale skin. When they asked where I was from, I said Canada.
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:16:25 EDT (#)
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Make an effort to speak the language when you are in shops and all will be fine.
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I always try and learn the basics before I go to a coutnry. Hello, good bye, thanks, the devil is in my pants, etc. But this time I think I am going to get Rosetta stone, or something along those lines so I can speak, or at least underastand a bit more.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:19:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:16:25 EDT (#)
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Make an effort to speak the language when you are in shops and all will be fine.
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i always thought it was kinda sad that most tourists from anywhere don't get this and we have to remind them.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:16:25 EDT (#)
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dont tell anyone you are american and you will be fine, actually just dont speak, thats would be better.
Make an effort to speak the language when you are in shops and all will be fine.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-09 10:13:54 EDT (#)
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Does Pizza hut have the same specialty pizza's there? """
lol, i know your kidding but that sounds like most american tourists i've met.
Are people who drive scooters in Rome gay like in when people do in America, or are they all gay? """
i'm looking into buying a Vespa :-(